SAN LUIS, Arizona -- Authorities made a stunning find along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.
Homeland Security Investigations and the Border Patrol obtained a search warrant at a former KFC in San Luis, Arizona. When they got inside, they found a tunnel in the kitchen area of the fast food restaurant.
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That tunnel was only 8 inches in diameter, but it was 22 feet deep and nearly 600 feet long, ending at a home in Mexico.
Authorities say the tunnel was used to smuggle illegal drugs across the border.
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"To break that down, I'll give you approximate rounded off numbers," HSI Special Agent Scott Brown said. "That was over 118 kilograms of methamphetamine, over 6 kilograms of cocaine, over 3 kilograms of fentanyl, over 13 kilograms of white heroin, and over 6 kilograms of brown heroin. "I would particularly note that just the three kilograms of fentanyl translates to over three million dosage units."
The tunnel is currently still under investigation.
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